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NAME
       rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts

SYNOPSIS
       rmcpping [OPTION...] destination

DESCRIPTION
       rmcpping uses the RMCP Ping request datagram to elicit an RMCP Pong response from a remote host. The utility can be used  to  verify  if  a
       remote  host  supports RMCP or IPMI. The initial starting sequence number will be randomized.  rmcpping will return 0 to the environment if
       it receives atleast 1 response from the remote host. Otherwise, it exits with a value of 1.

OPTIONS
       The following options are available

       -h     Output help menu.

       -V     Output version.

       -c count
	      Stop after sending count packets.

       -i interval
	      Wait interval seconds between sending each packet. The default is to wait for one second between each packet.

       -I interface address
	      Set source address to specified interface address. Argument may be numeric IP address or name of device.

       -t timeout
	      Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default is five seconds.

       -v     Verbose output.

       -s num Specify an initial starting sequence number. The default is to use a random initial sequence number.

       -d     Turn on debugging.

KNOWN ISSUES
       It has been observed that some remote BMCs can get "confused" and delay packet responses if duplicate packets (with duplicate sequence num-
       bers) are sent in succession very quickly. There is no known way to cleanly deal with a "confused" BMC other than the wait awhile.

       Unlike ping(8), local network devicess (e.g. 127.0.0.1) cannot be "pinged".

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.

       This  program  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ORIGIN
       Command and manpage based off ping(8).

SEE ALSO
       freeipmi(7), ping(8), ipmiping(8)

       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/

rmcpping 1.2.9							    2014-06-10								RMCPING(8)